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  1. I

    Walking during Semana Santa 2024

    I am currently preparing to walk the Camino Frances, starting in SJPdP, from late March 2024, only just realising it will be Semana Santa. I've read up on the forum posts, and have decided that I can start on Tuesday 26 March, possibly even Wednesday, to be a bit behind of the crowds, and that I...
  2. A

    Festival of San Isidro in Logroño

    Just letting others who might be in Logroño know that tomorrow is a festival of San Isidro. This involves Mass at noon at the church of Santiago and then a procession to go out and bless the fields.
  3. camster

    Pamplona during San Fermines, pros and cons?

    Hi, I've been thinking about crossing through Pamplona around July 6th-7th, right at the beginning of the running of the bulls. Is this a good idea from a pilgrim's perspective? I would like to experience the festivities, but at the same time, if too much of the city is closed off and you have...
  4. A

    Holy Week ceremonies 2024

    I know this is planning WAY in advance, but ... I hope to resume my camino in Burgos in March 2024 and attend the Holy Week ceremonies (Holy Thursday evening, Good Friday afternoon and the Easter Vigil on Saturday evening) in towns as I go. This means I need 3 towns in succession that are big...
  5. N

    Pamplona - San Fermin Txikito September 2023 dates?

    Hi -- I am planning to walk Camino Frances in September/October and would like to experience San Fermin Txikito in Pamplona in late September. I'm not looking for information on the July San Fermin festival with the Running of the Bulls -- it's the "little" San Fermin festival in September I'm...
  6. E

    Easter "wave" on Camino Francés?

    A question to those who have experience of pilgrim habits and statistics on the Camino Francés. God being willing, I hope to walk this spring to Santiago along the CF, starting out in mid-April from Somport. I am trying to choose a "good" date for my departure. Would I be correct in thinking...
  7. rappahannock_rev

    "Festival de los Tres Burgos"

    In September 2012 I arrived at Pamplona to discover a really spectacular public to-do going on. The Festival de los Tres Burgos', celebrating the union of three walled and competing neighborhoods into the city of Pamplona as we know it. Processions, gigantes, medieval markets, and all that...
  8. JudyWanaWander

    2023 festivals

    Does anybody know of a good One-Stop place to find out what most of the festivals and special events might be taking place in 2023 on the Camino Frances?
  9. rappahannock_rev

    Festive Fall dates on the Meseta

    I went off to walk the Camino Ingles this year with a brooding sense that something bad was about to happen to me. Well, nothing did! I flew home on June 8 ---- and one week later I fell and broke multiple vertebrae in my back. Excruciating, debilitating pain. I lived on hydrocodone for weeks...
  10. Becky 59

    LIVE from the Camino Upcoming September fiestas in Navarra (Viana and Logroño)

    It’s party season in this corner of the Francés, which is good if you like culture noise music and running bulls, but not so good if you are a perigrino who wants to sleep at night. I am here as a hospitalera in Viana and will be right in the thick of things. From Saturday Sept10 until Wednesday...
  11. Bradypus

    Romeria to the Cruz de Ferro. 31st July.

    This article caught my eye this morning. The return of an annual romeria - local pilgrimage - by Galicians to the Cruz de Ferro on July 31st. This event has been suspended for two years because of Covid. One of a number of stories I have seen recently noting the return of romerias in various...
  12. Stephan the Painter

    Where to spend Easter on the Camino Frances?

    I’ll be arriving in Madrid March 30, 2022.I had planned to spend a few days there and/or go somewhere warm in the south(Cadiz!) to spend a few days on the beach to warm my body after a cold northern winter.☃️ But then I want to start the Camino From Roncevalles. I’m quite flexible so I’m trying...
  13. LakeMcD

    Fall Camino - Festivals & Holidays

    I'm newly retired and am not tied to school schedules anymore, yahoo, my last 5 camino were all in the summer. We are planning a Fall (ish) camino with a start date window of late August to early September. Will start in SJPD and likely head up to Oviedo once we reach Leon to walk the...
  14. B

    Avoiding Easter crowds 2022

    We are hoping to complete our Camino, from Burgos to SDC, in April/May 2022. Having got deeper into our seventies since our our pre-pandemic first stage, it'll be a slow walk - 6-8 weeks. We hope to walk all the way, carrying our own light as possible packs. Which means that we are likely to be...
  15. Aloha From Kauai

    Easter Advice

    As Easter is such a big holiday in Spain, I would like to know where, more or less in the area of Santo Domingo (can make adjustments) would be the place to park myself for a day or two and enjoy the festivities. Any thoughts on lodgings, towns, or festivals would be lovely. Warm Aloha from...
  16. peregrina2000

    Edades del Hombre, 2021

    I know many forum members have walked into towns on the camino routes in Castilla y León and been surprised to see some very special expositions that form part of the annual “Edades del Hombre.” I’ve seen them in Astorga, Arévalo (Camino de Levante), and Segovia (Madrid). This year’s theme is...
  17. rappahannock_rev

    Burgos - September 14th

    September 14th is Holy Cross Day. A middlin' big deal for Catholics and traditionalist Anglicans and Lutherans.... Way back in 2015 I chanced to be in Burgos on September 14th, and after a rather awful Chinese lunch near the bus station (my friends' idea, not mine!) I strolled thru the Arco S...
  18. Harland2019

    Hospital de Órbigo - Sunday 19 May 2019

    Can anyone let me know what event this was? Mainly all women dressed up in bright costumes but some men carrying a few long poles estimated as some 12-15 feet long.
  19. henrythedog

    San Froilan festival in Leon - any experience?

    I'm refining my itinerary for a (hopeful) completion of the Camino de Madrid and a short section of the Frances in October 2021.(let's leave the 'should I?' or 'Will you be able to?' out of this please. We're not at home to Mr. Negative at the moment, and all I've got at risk is a £80 flight...
  20. aname4me

    Logrono Wine Festival.... 2020

    Logrono Wine Festival 2020 I did my Camino #5 in 2019 with my Son. I (actually HE) regretted missing the Logrono Wine festival 2019. We arrived in Logrono Sept 26. 2019..... the day before it really started .. Question:.... When is the Logono 2020 Wine Festival ?

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